Mixed Media Collage and Artist Books

artists books

My unique, or one-of-a-kind, artist books are containers exploring the human body, memory mixed with reverie and fantasy, emotions, the world of growing things, the human body, and the need to remember places of significance. Created in series of two to eight pieces, I use the simple structures of accordions, concertinas and single folded page bindings, and incorporate drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, stitchery and three-dimensional found objects. Text is gathered from my journal writing, sewing patterns, charts, maps and diagrams, from web research, and from responses to questions that I’ve asked. The expressive poems of Mary Oliver, May Sarton, and Anne Sexton are “woven” into some pieces and inspire others. Many books have “belts” that emphasize the ritual of opening, entering and “reading,” and most are two-sided three-dimensional objects.